Ten Hag backs Antony after impressive display in Chelsea defeat

Manchester United suffered a devastating 4-3 defeat to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Thursday night. Antony was undoubtedly one of our better players after getting the nod to start ahead of Marcus Rashford.

The Brazil international was awarded his first Premier League start of the calendar year against the Blues, after recently only getting a few appearances from the bench following an underwhelming start to life at Old Trafford.

Antony came on in the thrilling 4-3 win over Liverpool last month in the FA Cup to score a crucial equaliser. That was, without question, his best moment of the season.

Playing on the right flank against Chelsea, Antony caused problems for Marc Cucurella at left-back, and provided a stunning assist for Alejandro Garnacho’s second goal after half-time.

However, we still reckon Rashford will start ahead of him when Liverpool come to Old Trafford tomorrow.

Ahead of the big game this weekend, Ten Hag was asked about Antony’s performance against Chelsea, saying that it was of the level that he wants to see more of from his mega-money signing.

“I know he’s capable of it,” Ten Hag said on Friday, in his pre-match Q&A with club media via ManUtd.com.

“I’ve seen it so often, when I was manager of Ajax, but we haven’t seen this.

“Maybe in the start [of Antony’s United career] we’ve seen a glimpse, in the first three games when he scored three goals, but after that, [only] incidentally, like against Barcelona last season when he scored the winning goal, but he’s capable of it. 

“Yesterday night, I saw the Antony I want to see.”

Let us know in the comments section if you would start Antony against the Scousers.

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